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Letter to the Editor

Updated:
02/07/2013 04:09:09 PM EST

I was very dismayed when I read a comment made by the Springettsbury Township Police Chief in the York Sunday News, January 27, 2013. Chief Thomas Hyers was speaking about school violence when he commented, "There's a child out there now ... and there's a round with his name on it ..."

Does this man even think before he opens his mouth? To make such a comment for the sake of media sensationalism is a true reflection of the chief's character.

I have never seen anyone who is more of a media hound than Chief Hyers. He exploits every opportunity to get his face on camera and his words in newsprint! Please, just do your job with some humility and without all the fanfare.

The Springettsbury Township Police have had a longstanding and very positive reputation in our schools. The township police have been conducting school drills since my kids were in school in 2000, although to listen to Chief Hyers, one would think he is the first chief to come up with the idea.

What will you tell your son or daughter, when they ask you, what does it mean to have a round with a child's name on it? JOHN O'ROURKESPRINGETTSBURY TOWNSHIP

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